The New York City All-Day Singing takes place on the Saturday before the third Sunday in September.

Join us for our next Sacred Harp all-day singing September 19, 2026.

Update, August 27: Please join us for our all-day singing! We have a few new details to share about the schedule for the weekend:

Friday night, Sept. 18:

Singing from the Cooper (2012) Edition of The Sacred Harp at the Anthroposophical Society Bookshop, 138 West 15th Street, Manhattan, 6:30 to 9:00. Update: Singing from Cooper at 6:00 to 9:00pm at ALL ANGELS’ CHURCH, 251 West 80th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. (Unfortunately this is not an accessible space. There are stairs and no chairlift/escalator.)

Saturday, Sept. 19:

All-Day Singing from the 2025 Edition of The Sacred Harp at the Brooklyn Friends Meeting, 110 Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn. Registration opens at 9:15, singing to start at 10, Dinner on the Grounds at 12:30, concluding around 4:00; social to follow, location not yet set. Chair: Kobi Bordoley.

For housing with local singers: Sam Kleinman is the housing coordinator; reach out at nycads.housing@gmail.com.

For additional details and updates, see the FB event.

Update, February 10:

The locations of both the Christian Harmony All-Day Singing in May (May 16) and the Sacred Harp All-Day (September 19) are confirmed: Both will be at the Brooklyn Friends Meeting at 110 Schermerhorn Street in Downtown Brooklyn. Hope to see you there!

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We meet on Saturday, September 20, 2025, at the Church of the Village, 7th Avenue and 13th Street, to sing from the 2025 Edition of The Sacred Harp. Registration at 9:30, singing starts at 10:00, but we will be allowed in to start setup at 8:00. If you can come early to help, please do. 2025 Edition books will be for sale; there will also be loaners if you are not ready to invest. The singing will run to 3:30. Our Chair, Sara, asks that we take the time to click GOING on the FB post so that we can get a slightly less vague idea of the expected attendance.
The social will be at Desert 5 Spot, 94 Wythe Ave. in Williamsburg, Brooklyn; it is just a short walk from the Bedford Ave stop on the L train, which you can catch at 14th Street. Sara has organized music and dancing, to no one's surprise. Bring your cowboy boots and fringe (and appropriate instruments to jam).
Sunday's workshop on the 2025 Edition with native New Yorker and Revision-Music Committee member Lauren Bock will take place at the Anthroposophical Society at 138 West 15th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues, from noon to 2:00. (Thanks to Jon Adler for connecting us with this space.)
-- From the food chairs, Sam D. and Elias: Please don't forget to think about what you are bringing for Dinner on the Grounds (or breakfast or snacks) and to add your contribution(s) to the spreadsheet, here.
Please join us for the New York City All-Day Singing on Saturday, September 14, 2024. We will gather at historic Brooklyn Friends Meeting located at 110 Schermerhorn Street from 10am to 3:30 with dinner on the grounds.
All are welcome! No singing experience is necessary! Loaner books will be available.
The meetinghouse is wheelchair accessible and has outdoor and indoor space available. There are two all-gender restrooms on the ground floor.
Covid protocol: please take a Covid test before your arrival, we will have extras at the registration table.
Housing: Local housing is available with singers, as is information on local hotels. Contact nycads.housing@gmail.com to request.
There will be a social after the singing, details to follow.
More singing on Sunday, September 15:
There will be additional (extra! bonus!) singing from the Shenandoah Harmony on Sunday. We will meet from 1-3:30 in the same location, Brooklyn Friends meeting house.
The 2023 New York City All-Day Singing was held on Saturday, September 16th at the historic Brooklyn Friends Meeting. 110 Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201.
We sang from 10:00am-3pm. Registration and breakfast started at 9:30. The details:
- Loaner books will be available.
- Dinner on the grounds at 12:30pm. Please bring food to share.
- Housing: Local housing is available with singers, as is information on local hotels. Contact nycads.housing@gmail.com
- Covid Protocol: Take a covid test before your arrival, we will have extras at the registration table. Mask-Optional. We will be running air purifiers in the meeting hall.
- Facebook event here!
The 2019 NEW YORK CITY ALL-DAY SINGING took place on Saturday, September 14, 9:30am - 3pm at historic Brooklyn Friends Meeting, 110 Schermerhorn Street (at Boerum Place), Brooklyn, NY 11201. (We were on hiatus 2020-2022 because of the pandemic.)
Two Days of Singing!
- Saturday, Sept. 14, 9:30am - 3pm: All-Day Singing with Dinner on the Grounds.
- Saturday, Sept. 14, 3:15pm - 4:15pm: "Composium" Tunesmith Workshop.
- Sunday, Sept. 15, 1:30-3:30pm: Manhattan Monthly Singing (Special Brooklyn Christian Harmony Edition), also at Brooklyn Friends Meeting.